The aeronautical industry is a great test for engineering materials. Where other industries have a singular key requirement that the materials used have to adhere to, the aeronautical industry has manifold requirements, often simultaneously. Not only is there the construction of the aircraft itself to consider, with maximum takeoff payloads as high as 640 tons, there are also positive and negative pressures, stress and strain, yaw and torque, along with the greatest of extremes of temperature, requiring both high strength and elasticity. 

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In addition to this, the structural components of modern jet engines can operate in excess of 1000c, whilst also dealing with high rotational forces and attack from chemicals necessitating materials with excellent high temperature characteristics, extremely high creep resistance, as well as protection from corrosive attack. There is often a trade off between out and out performance and weight, where light weight is needed to increase payload or save fuel, but not at the expense of a lower performance material. As a result, the aeronautical industry has had perhaps the highest amount of time and money invested in metallurgy and manufacturing techniques.

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The materials and applications on this page are listed solely as a guide and do not reflect the limit of our supply, or the uses of said materials. If you have a specific application for which you need particular materials, please do not hesitate to contact us.